Natural hazards · Waldron

Waldron, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Waldron comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1990. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Waldron?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Waldron to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Tornadoes13%Ice storms7%Cold waves5%Heat waves5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Waldron faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 91 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Waldron flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Waldron, from FEMA’s records.

8paid claims since 1990

$1.0Mpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19902026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $4K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Waldron isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Scott County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Waldron

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Waldron itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Waldron.

Brought FEMA money into WaldronDeclared for Scott County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

41 households applied for aid $54K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$267K to the City of Waldron for repairs

Scott County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Waldron covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Waldron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Waldron. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Waldron total about $2.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.